title: Reconstruction of three right hepatic veins using cadaveric iliac vein in right lobe living donor liver transplantation: case report.
abstract: In various right hepatic vein anatomies, reconstruction is a surgically challenging technique in right lobe living donor liver transplantation. The right inferior hepatic vein is the most common hepatic vein abnormality in right lobe living-donor liver transplantation. Three accessory right hepatic veins is a rare right hepatic vein variation. We experienced one case of three right hepatic vein reconstruction among 300 partial liver transplantations using the right lobe in our center over 10 years. The donor right lobe had one main right hepatic vein and three accessory hepatic veins at the lower border of the liver. Restoration of accessory hepatic veins to the inferior vena cava was performed after construction of one conduit from the three accessory hepatic veins using a cadaveric donor iliac vein.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kangnam St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome